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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Plate

Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Italy (made)

Plate, made in Italy, tin-glazed earthenware


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Maiolica
Object type
Plate
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Earthenware
Tin Glaze
Brief description
Plate, made in Italy, tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 25cm
Marks and inscriptions
'1550 / El buon Curtio Romano al fiero Vopo' (Painted on the back)
Translation
The good Roman Curtius in his grim act devotion
Gallery label
Plate Made in Italy 1550 El buon Curtio Romano al fiero Vopo Tin-glazed earthenware 1684-1855 Formerly Bernal Collection(16/07/2008)
Object history
Purchase. Formerly Bernal Collection.

Purchase price note: Bought for £15 15s.
Bibliographic references
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian maiolica. London : H.M.S.O., 1977.
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
989 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
1684-1855

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
Record URL
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